In the phase III CASPIAN study, first-line durvalumab in combination with etoposide plus either cisplatin or carboplatin (EP) significantly improved overall survival (OS) versus EP alone in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Durvalumab plus tremelimumab plus EP numerically improved OS versus EP, but did not reach statistical significance. Here we report updated OS in censored patients after median follow-up of >3 years.805 patients with treatment-naïve ES-SCLC were randomized 1 : 1 : 1 to durvalumab plus EP, durvalumab plus tremelimumab plus EP, or EP. The two primary endpoints were OS for durvalumab plus EP versus EP and for durvalumab plus tremelimumab plus EP versus EP.As of 22 March 2021 (median follow-up 39.4 months, 86% maturity), durvalumab plus EP continued to demonstrate improved OS versus EP: hazard ratio (HR) 0.71 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.60-0.86; nominal P = 0.0003]; median OS was 12.9 versus 10.5 months, and 36-month OS rate was 17.6% versus 5.8%. Durvalumab plus tremelimumab plus EP continued to numerically improve OS versus EP: HR 0.81 (95% CI: 0.67-0.97; nominal P = 0.0200); median OS was 10.4 months, and 36-month OS rate was 15.3%. Twenty-seven and nineteen patients in the durvalumab plus EP and durvalumab plus tremelimumab plus EP arms, respectively, remained on durvalumab treatment at data cut-off.Three times more patients were estimated to be alive at 3 years when treated with durvalumab plus EP versus EP, with the majority still receiving durvalumab at data cut-off, further establishing durvalumab plus EP as first-line standard of care for ES-SCLC.
Background In the Phase 3 CASPIAN study of etoposide + cisplatin/carboplatin (EP) ± durvalumab (D) ± tremelimumab (T) as first-line treatment of ES-SCLC, D + EP demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in OS vs EP alone (data cut-off [DCO]: 11 Mar 2019; HR 0.73 [95% CI 0.59–0.91; p=0.0047]). In a subsequent analysis after a median follow-up of 25.1 mo (DCO 27 Jan 2020), OS benefit with D + EP vs EP was sustained (HR 0.75 [95% CI 0.62–0.91; nominal p=0.0032]), and D + T + EP numerically improved OS vs EP (HR 0.82 [95% CI 0.68–1.00; p=0.0451]), but did not reach statistical significance (p≤0.0418). Here we report updated OS data after a median follow-up of >3 years.
Hintergrund: Die Immuncheckpointblockade von PD-1/PD-L1 zeigte in Kombination mit einer platin-basierten Chemotherapie (CT) verbesserte klinische Ergebnisse für Patienten mit kleinzelligem Lungenkarzinom im Stadium Extensive Disease (ES-SCLC). Die Therapie mit Durvalumab (D), einem selektiven, hoch-affinen, humanen IgG1 monoklonalen Antikörper, der die Bindung von PD-L1 an PD-1 und CD80 blockiert sowie Tremelimumab (T), einem selektiven humanen IgG2 monoklonalen Antikörper gegen CTLA4, könnte additive oder synergistische Effekte bieten. Durvalumab zeigte in frühe Phase Studien eine andauernde klinische Aktivität mit einem handhabbaren Sicherheitsprofil als Monotherapie als auch in Kombination mit Tremelimumab bei vorbehandelten ES-SCLC Patienten (NCT01693562; NCT02261220; NCT02937818). CASPIAN (NCT03043872) ist eine randomisierte, multizentrische, offene, Sponsor-verblindete Phase 3 Studie mit Durvalumab ± Tremelimumab in Kombination mit Etoposid und platin-basierter Chemotherapie (EP) als Erstlinientherapie für ES-SCLC Patienten.